Griffith, SC

Owens, IPF

Burke, T

1999 (English)In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, ISSN 0962-8452, Vol. 266, no 1421, p. 765-770Article in journal (Other scientific) Published

Abstract [en]

Theories of sexual selection usually assume that female preferences for male ornamental traits are fixed and always likely to favour the largest or most extravagant sexual ornaments. This is not, however, always necessary or likely, particularly in resour